Physical Education and Health

This course is designed to teach students the information and the skills they need to become health literate, maintain and/or improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce the Health- Related Risk Factors of Teens as identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What is stressed is that it is their own attitudes, choices and behaviors that can promote or adversely impact their health. Topics include; Living in a Media World, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Refusal Skills, Mental and Emotional Health, Violence and Injury Prevention, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, Personal Health and Human Sexuality.

Physical Education encompasses a wide range of activity in a progressive sequence. The goals of the Physical Education Program are to: promote lifelong physical fitness, gain knowledge of rules and strategies, offer opportunities for leadership and social interaction, and to develop life skills. This course will include both team, individual and lifelong activities as well as provide skills for finding personal enjoyment and opportunities to remain active after students leave the K-12 setting.